The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast - Gaurav Dutta: Improving Dairy Fertility Traits | Ep. 45

In this episode of The Dairy Health Blackbelt Podcast, Gaurav Dutta, Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut, explains how genomics is improving female fertility traits in dairy cattle. He discusses low-heritability challenges, new measurable traits, and how heat stress affects reproduction and production. Get practical insights on genetic evaluation systems and future opportunities. Listen now on all major platforms!

Read the full research articles here:

• Foundational Review of U.S. Female Fertility Trait Evaluations
• Genetic parameters and genomic predictions for milk yield by season in US Holsteins: Assessing genotype by environment interactions under heat stress in Texas and Wisconsin
• PSXIV-6 Comparison of Changes in Snp Effects and Gebv Using Different Training Populations in Simulated Data

What you'll learn:  

• Female fertility genetics
• Low heritability traits
• Measuring fertility traits
• Genomic evaluation systems
• Heat stress impact

Meet the guest:

Gaurav Dutta is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Connecticut specializing in dairy cattle genomics, quantitative genetics, and transcriptomics. With a veterinary background and research experience in fertility traits and heat stress, his work focuses on improving genetic evaluations for dairy production systems. 

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn

Learn more from Gaurav Dutta on The Dairy Health Blackbelt, available on all major platforms.

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